The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromसंक्रान्ति“passage of the sun from one celestial position to another”
- Burmese · borrowed fromသင်္ကြန်
- English todayThingyan
Borrowed from Burmese သင်္ကြန် (sangkran), from Sanskrit संक्रान्ति (saṃkrānti, “passage of the sun from one celestial position to another”).
Words from the same roots
Sanskritसंक्रान्ति all →
Sankranti
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.